Wabash College senior defensive end
Cody Buresh has been named to the American Football Coaches Association 2014 Division III All-America Team.
Buresh is one of 25 NCAA DIII football players selected to the All-America team by a committee made up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA's nine districts, one of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which the team is chosen.
Buresh, who was recently named both D3football.com North Region and North Coast Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year, recorded 63 tackles, 21 tackles for losses, and 11 sacks. He ranked fourth in the nation in tackles for losses and ninth in sacks among Division III players at the end of the regular season. He set the career record for sacks with 32 and yards from sacks with 222 and ranks second all-time in Wabash history in tackles for losses with 62. He led a Wabash defense as a co-captain that ranked first in team sacks, second in rushing defense, third in total defense, fourth in tackles for losses through ten regular season games. Buresh completed his career ranked eighth in Wabash football history in total tackles (263).
Buresh received First Team All-America honors in 2013 from D3football.com. He was also a 2014 D3football.com Pre-Season First Team All-America pick.
A total of ten Little Giant players have been named to the AFCA All-America team, making Wabash one of only 20 Division III teams to have 10 or more players honored by the organization.